Extension of the system for reeds for historical bassoons and contrabassoon

2018

After a little conversion of the Bucher tip profiling machine - with exchange of the main axis - you can scrape in highest quality the reeds for historical bassoons and contrabassoon. Maximum width of the scrape 20mm, length of the scrape up to 28mm.

Additional original segment: „dolce“ (September 2016)
Compared to the original segment „Clara Dent“, centre crest becoming thinner towards the tip and thinner areas of the edges. Result : bigger flexibility and softer attack but also lower stability.

Let the automatic unit do all the scraping work for your oboe- or bassoon reed.

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Without your help, the machine will scrape the reed
The automatic unit stops when the scraping is finished
Regular coordinated movements of the axis and the sledge give highest exactness and smoothness of the scrape
All adjustment facilities of the manual operation are available

Bucher Tip profiling machine for bassoon reeds

2014

The Bucher tip profiling machine for bassoon stands out with the same qualities known from the Bucher profiling machine for all types of oboes.

Maximal length of the scrape: 28mm

Both in the high and low registers the reeds have a better response and allow for more dynamic.

Is based on the original. The heart is marked, the increase more accentuated, especially in the central and lateral areas. The base of the scrape is about 3 hundredths of millimetres thicker than the original.

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Is based on the original. The increase is less accentuated, especially in the central and lateral areas. The base of the scrape is about 3 hundredths of millimetres thinner than the original.